to help firefighters. themassivetechnologychangingthe way they battle flames. >> celebrating earth day a bit early. the weekend plans and how you can help out. >> leigh: i'm leigh glaser. go hide, get all the sun screen out. you're going to need it as temperatures close to 90 degrees. we'll check >>> fire season is getting an early start. this fires still burning in southern california. it is now 50% contained. right now the u.s. forest service is arming itself with a high-tech tool born in a nasa laboratory. jonathan bloom climbed onboard a one of a kind airplane that is helping save homes and lives. >> the u.s. forest service has a lot of airplanes, but only one jet, and the view from this jet is something spectacular. you won't see these multicolored mountains out the window of the airplane. you see them through this nasa designed infrared sensor on the bottom when it's looking at this. >> we saw the larger fires and give a perimeter map so they have eyes on it in the morning so they can plan for the day. >> dan johnson flies in the dead of night taking thermal images of fires in tw